Bill Butland vs. Lefty Williams — Career Comparison

Bill Butland
Greatest GenerationIndianaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Lefty Williams
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Bill Butland and Lefty Williams are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bill Butland carried a career ERA of 3.88 against Lefty Williams's 4.41. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Bill Butland and Lefty Williams — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Butland and Lefty Williams

Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.91
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
1.5
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.54
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.3
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
70
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.88
46.88
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.42
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
3.88
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
4.41
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
452
27
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1078
27
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
150.2
9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359.1
9
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
8.24
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
369
9.24
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.24
9.24
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.66
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
3.35
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.63
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
3.7
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
3.71
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.94
1.94
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.47
2.47
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.783
0.783
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
642
38.35
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1522
38.12
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.36
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
4.12
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
5.23
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.18
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.8
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.288
1.288
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.319
1.319
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
34.83
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1361
34.09
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.35
38.35
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Bill Butland and Lefty Williams

Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.53
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.99
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1150
27
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
383.1
9
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.47
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.65
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.29
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
3.12
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.438
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.046
2.046
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.62
64.62
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Butland and Lefty Williams

Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
391.84
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
234.94
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
600
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
39
477.55
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
538.55
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
122.89
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
97.59
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.35
4.29
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.87
39.28
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
9
110.2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
101.2
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.83
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
36.73
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
159.04
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-8.63
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
45.07
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Bill Butland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
85.71
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
6
21.69
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
16
195.92
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.46
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
3.06
3.06
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.5
41.5
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0.44
0.44
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
36.73
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
36.14
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Butland
Career
Per 600 PA
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA